IELTS Speaking Criteria Meaning

English Online Classroom English Online Classroom © 2010 Fluency and Coherence This means how well you keep talking, and how well you connect your ideas together. Lexical Resource This means how many different words you use and how well you use them. This also includes how well you find a different way to say something when you get stuck. Grammatical Range and Accuracy This means how many different grammar forms you use and how well you use them. You get a better mark if you can use more complicated forms and a mixture of long and short sentences. If your mistakes cause problems for the examiner then this will affect your mark. Pronunciation This means how clearly you can speak. Your mark includes how difficult it is for the examiner to understand you and how strong your accent is. The examiner does not compare you to a native speaker, so you can do very well without, for example, having a British or Australian accent.